"seems like a case of the religion being perfect and pure but not the man...it was a man made decision to demolish the Church."
Perhaps you forget that man created the religion -- so how can it be perfect and pure? What has any man ever made that is perfect and pure?
Whether the religion is perfect and pure is beside the point anyway, since what non-Muslims have to contend with in their lives every day are MUSLIMS: living, breathing, imperfect humans. We do not have to deal with some perfect abstraction called Islam.
The relevant question is not whether Islam is pure or perfect or good or non-violent; it is whether MUSLIMS behave in an acceptable manner. Of course it is foolish to blame the religion for the bad behavior of its adherents. It is the people who misbehave who should be held accountable.
Diamondgirl:
"seems like a case of the religion being perfect and pure but not the man...it was a man made decision to demolish the Church."
Perhaps you forget that man created the religion -- so how can it be perfect and pure? What has any man ever made that is perfect and pure?
Whether the religion is perfect and pure is beside the point anyway, since what non-Muslims have to contend with in their lives every day are MUSLIMS: living, breathing, imperfect humans. We do not have to deal with some perfect abstraction called Islam.
The relevant question is not whether Islam is pure or perfect or good or non-violent; it is whether MUSLIMS behave in an acceptable manner. Of course it is foolish to blame the religion for the bad behavior of its adherents. It is the people who misbehave who should be held accountable.